This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Mizuno. The opinions and text are all mine. Every winter when those cold temps hit Chicago, I take my workouts inside. For these winter months, I trade in my neighborhood stroller route and trail runs for indoor workouts. Although I do have a treadmill and use it pretty regularly, I often reach for a variety of workouts so I get in some strength/agility training, which I've found really helps me when it comes time to get back Read More
Workout Log: June 17-23
Workout log for June 17-June 23: June 17: Jillian Michael's No More Trouble Zones DVD (gets me every time!) June 18: 4.6 mile neighborhood run, 1 mile walk with Izzy (I was on a major runner's high and could have kept going but it was getting dark. You know those runs when you aren't even out of breath or even sweating and running is effortless?! Yeah, that was me. Perfect way to deal with stress at work!) June 19: 1 mile walk with Izzy June 20: 3.1 mile neighborhood run June 21: Read More
Workout log and a little survey…
I've been keeping a weekly workout log since start of the New Year to hold myself accountable and actually track my mileage and other workouts. Here's what I did this past week: Week 7 (Feb 18-24): Feb 18: Lauren Conrad 20×3 workout, 1 mile on the treadmill Feb 19: rest (just felt tired...) Feb 20: rest (I was at a college networking & career fair looking for summer interns and didn't get home until late..) Feb 21: 40 min, 4.1 mile treadmill routine Feb 22: Jillian Michaels Kettlebell DVD, Read More
Friday Faves- February 1st
Wow..when did it become February already! Can’t believe how fast that went! In any case, I felt like switching it up this week and showing you my top Instagram faves…because let’s face it, all photos look better when used with Instagram! (Photo courtesy of thedailyquirk.com). Here is a random sampling of photos from my Instagrammed life! 1. Vintage ring…LOVE the color and the side stones! 2. Breakfast of champions: I wanted to break out of the cereal rut this week, so I Read More
Work It…
In order to record my mileage and hold myself accountable to my New Years resolution, I decided to create a section on the blog to record my workouts. I'm going to try to update it weekly. I'll try to link to the workout where possible, too! So when you visit my blog's homepage at www.the-style-files.com, be sure to click on this icon (located on the right side if you scroll down) to see my latest workouts since I won't be making a post on it every week. This week's workout involved a mix Read More